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In what way is the use of radioactive dating more beneficial than the other techniques?
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Radioactive dating can be used to estimate the absolute age of an object.
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Radioactive dating enables geologists to determine?
The age of whatever is being tested [dated]
How does carbon dating prove a young earth?
Carbon-dating can not be used to prove the age of the earth, so it can not be used either to prove a "young earth" nor to support the scientific age of the earth. Carbon-dating is useful for archaeology, where it can date evidence of human artefacts up to fifty thousand years old. Some less less informed "Young Earth" creationists do believe that carbon-dating was used to date the earth. They attempt, unsuccessfully, to undermine the science of carbon-dating in the belief that by doing so they undermine the scientific age of the earth, rather than because they constructively prove their point. The best estimates of the age of the earth have been arrived at by radioactive dating, but not by carbon-dating. Had techniques of radioactive dating not been invented, other known methods of dating the earth would prove that the world is more than a few million years old. Some of these are described in the related question, attached below.
What is carbon-12 and carbon-14?
Carbon 12 is the most important non-radioactive isotope of carbon - 98,93 %; the other is carbon 13 with 1,07 %. Carbon 14 is also a natural isotope but radioactive; it is important for radiocarbon dating of materials from organic origin.
If a substance is radioactive is its compound radioactive?
Yes. A radioactive atom is a radioactive atom. If that atom exists as a single atom and is uncombined and it is radioactive, it's radioactive. If that same atom is chemically combined with another or other atoms, it's still radioactive. It's just that simple.
Which type of dating provides an absolute age for a given fossil describe how this is done?
I think it's Radioactive dating, I've been reading for my homework and I can't seem to find carbon dating anywhere in the chapter which I've reread about 3 times so I'm going to assume its radioactive because relative dating is the estimation of a fossils age compared with other fossils.
What way is the use of radioactive dating more beneficial than the other techniques?
Radioactive dating can be used to estimate the absolute age of an object.
What is Radioactive dating of rock samples?
Radioactive dating of rock samples determines the age of rocks from the time it was formed. Geologist determine the age of rocks using radioactive dating. The radioactive dating relies on spontaneous decomposition into other element. The spontaneous decomposition is called radioactive decay.
How did scientist determine the age of ancient artifacts?
Scientists determine the age of ancient artifacts through various dating methods such as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), thermoluminescence dating, and stratigraphy. These methods can provide valuable information about the age of the artifacts by analyzing the decay of radioactive isotopes, annual growth rings in trees, and the accumulation of radiation-induced electrons in minerals, among other techniques.
Are radioactive dating and radioactive decay the same?
Flying a kite is not the same as the wind blowing, but you need one for the other. Radioactive decay is not the same as radioactive dating, but you need the decay to get the date. Radioactive isotopes each of a characteristic decay rate and if one knows the amount of such an isotope in an object when it was created, the level of radioactivity decreases predictably with age and one can calculate the age by knowing the decrease. Radioactive decay is good for a lot of other things too, just like the wind.
What are two ways geologists determine the age of fossils?
The two methods are "RELATIVE DATING" and "ABSOLUTE DATING". :)
The process that uses a half-life in its computation is A.evolution B.adaptation C. intrusion D. radioactive dating?
The process that uses a half-life in its computation is radioactive dating. This is the way that dinosaur bones and other fossils are accurately dated.
What happens during radioactive dating?
Radioactive dating is carried out with substances which were formed at some unknown point in the past and contained a known proportion of a radioactive isotope of some element. Radioisotopes decay into other elements at a fixed and known rate. So, if you know how much of the radioactive isotope is still left in the sample, then you can work out how long it would have taken for the rest to have decayed into other elements. That gives the age of the sample.
Are all the radioactive elements found in the last group of the Periodic Table?
No, many other elements are radioactive or have radioactive isotopes. Examples of this are carbon 14, which is used in carbon dating, Radon, Krypton, Hydrogen, Iodine, and many others.
Radioactive dating enables geologists to determine?
The age of whatever is being tested [dated]
Does radioactive dating allow us to find relative or absolute age?
Absolute dating of rock is achieved by radiometric dating techniques. Relative dating is achieved by determining the position of rock in strata, and the appearance of certain index fossils. Relative dating was a precursor to absolute dating. Before absolute dating techniques were discovered, the age of a rock was a guesstimate at best. Radioactive dating allows us to find an approximate date. So if something is dated about a thousand years ago plus or minus a hundred years the object may be from sometime between 1,000 and 1,200 A.D.
What is the limite for carbon dating?
About 58,000 years. After that amount of time, there will no longer be enough radioactive carbon in an object to measure. However, other radiometric dating methods can date much older materials.
How does carbon dating prove a young earth?
Carbon-dating can not be used to prove the age of the earth, so it can not be used either to prove a "young earth" nor to support the scientific age of the earth. Carbon-dating is useful for archaeology, where it can date evidence of human artefacts up to fifty thousand years old. Some less less informed "Young Earth" creationists do believe that carbon-dating was used to date the earth. They attempt, unsuccessfully, to undermine the science of carbon-dating in the belief that by doing so they undermine the scientific age of the earth, rather than because they constructively prove their point. The best estimates of the age of the earth have been arrived at by radioactive dating, but not by carbon-dating. Had techniques of radioactive dating not been invented, other known methods of dating the earth would prove that the world is more than a few million years old. Some of these are described in the related question, attached below.
